LATE MAJOR GENERALJAMES TOKULA UMOGWA AMEDU PROFILE



DATE OF BIRTH

22 NOVEMBER 1954

STATE OF ORIGIN

EDO STATE, ETSAKO CENTRAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

NIGERIAN MILITARY SCHOOL ZARIA NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY AS A MEMBER OF REGULAR 14 IN 1973, COMMISIONED INTO NIGERIA ARMY SIGNALON 20TH DECEMBER 1975 IN RANK OF LIETUUNANT WITH SENIORITY WITH EFFECT 2 AUGUST 1973 BECAME A GENERAL ON 2 JANUARY 2005
JUNIOR STAFF COLLEGE, ELECTRONIC DATA PROCEEDING SYSTEM {INDIA} SIGNAL ADVANCE OFFICER COURSE {USA}, SIGNAL COMMANDER COURSE {USA}SENIOR STAFF COURSE AND NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE, MBA ABU {ZARIA}.

APOINTMENT

OFFICER COMMANDING ,BRIGADE MAJOR DIRECTING STAFF AT THE COMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE JAJI ,COMMANDING OFFICER 501 SIGNAL REGIMENT COMMANDER 57 SIGNAL MAINTENACE COMMAND,COMMANDER 54 DIVISIONAL SIGNAL,COMMANDER 56 DIVISIONAL SIGNAL ,CHIEF OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEFENCE HEADQUATERS CHIEF OF ARMY STANDARD OF EVALUATION ARMY HEADQUATERS.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIOANL AWARDS

FORCE SERVICE STAR {FSS ,MERITORIOUS SERVICE STAR {MSS }DINSTINGUISHED SERVICE STAFF SILVER JUBILEE MEDAL {SJM} PASS STAFF COURSE DAGGER {PSC +} FELLOW OF THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE {FWC}


DIED 17TH SEPTEMBER 2006 IN THE ILL FATED MILITARY PLANE